Helen Sword
The online friendship which helped an Afghan refugee's journey to New Zealand
2 Feb 2024
Hussain Shah Rezaie had been stuck in an Indonesian detention centre for nine years when he decided he wanted to become a writer, in English. The young Afghan refugee's search for online resources… Video, Audio, Gallery
Dr Helen Sword on writing
6 Nov 2017
Dr Helen Sword runs academic writing workshops around the world. She's also the woman behind the website The Writer's Diet and has recently published a book of the same name. Audio
The Writer's Diet
26 Apr 2015
Flabby writing, says English Professor Helen Sword, is weighed down with passives, prepositions, be-verbs and waste words. So she's written her own slim book with tips for writers wanting to hone… Audio